Position: Senior Product Manager
Location: Nairobi,
Kenya
Type: Full-time
Reporting to: Head of
Product
About the Role
SunCulture specializes in solar power irrigation systems and has various products that support customers’ needs. The Senior Product Manager will lead a team of engineers in developing and commercializing life changing technology for our small holder farmers.
Key Responsibilities
- You will build detailed domain knowledge of SunCulture’s
business priorities, markets, and partners as a technology company
offering combined hardware and software products
- You will manage the roadmap: capture work from a wide range
of inputs, understand and prioritise this work so your team is always
working on the most impactful projects
- You’ll deeply understand the problems that you’re tackling
through research and regular interaction with customers, partners and
colleagues; define and frame those problems for the team
- You will collaborate with your team in thinking big, to
imagine solutions that solve these problems
- You’ll scope these solutions to their smallest coherent state
to ship to users as early as you can
- You’ll constantly evaluate if your solutions have solved the
problem through quantitative and qualitative measures, both in MVPs and
after full release
- You will own and maintain the quality of the product areas
your team is responsible for; deliver high product in every release
- You’ll motivate a group of committed, smart people to do the
best work of their careers
Qualifications
·
5+ years experience in product management with a proven track
record of shipping impactful products
·
We prefer candidates who have experience working in combined
software and hardware businesses
·
You’re entrepreneurial; you need little direction; you’re self
driven and show ownership
·
You can clearly communicate product decisions and the rationale
behind them. You’re comfortable with making decisions in ambiguity. You can
help others make decisions by being persuasive.
·
You’re able to easily switch between thinking creatively and
analytically for best results
·
Have an understanding of the technical architecture of complex
hardware ,web and/or mobile applications
How to Apply
Please Note
SunCulture is an equal
opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for
employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care
leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status,
medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political
affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including
pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by
applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances.
